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DAVIES, MORRIS (Moi Plas; 1891 - 1961), quarryman, local historian and researcher - NLW MS 17843-17932 (there is a selection of them on microfilm in the Merioneth Record Office). Morris Davies (or ' Moi Plas ' as he was known locally), was a cultured, likeable and humorous person. He was twice married: (1) in 1919 to Kate Lewis, Cwm Cynfal, Ffestiniog (died 1929), and four daughters were born to them; (2) in 1931 to Lizzie Jones, Tanygrisiau (died 1968). He died in Blaenau
MOI PLAS - see DAVIES, MORRIS
WATKIN-JONES, ELIZABETH (1887 - 1966), author of children's books and stories and short plays for children: she contributed often to Tywysydd y Plant, Trysorfa'r Plant, Y Winllan, Cymru'r Plant, Yr Athro, and especially to the comic Hwyl. She wrote many scripts for the B.B.C.'s programmes for children, and short plays for the children of Soar Independent chapel, Nefyn. In addition to Pwt a Moi (1953), Onesimus (1947), and three other books of short plays published

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